Learning how love does not cost a thing, from reusing funeral flowers to used hotel sheets and thrift store lingerie.
Karen and Barry fry breakfast on the car engine and pull their own teeth at home to avoid spending money.
Todd wraps everything he owns in plastic to preserve the value, from his car to his bathroom.
Kelly insulates her entire house with plastic to save money and now plans to bring her pilates studio into the home; Pelin cuts hair and must find cheap bridal party products to trim her budget.
Finding spare change in vacuum canisters at the car wash; a woman who limits herself to one piece of gum ever three days.
Using exercise equipment in the sporting goods store instead of going to a gym; spending just three dollars to stage and sell homes.
A woman scours obituaries and visits surviving family members hoping to take the deceased person's clothing; a man introduces his wife to his family of cheapskates.
A garden of silk flowers and replacing a lawn with artificial grass; a man tries to land a job in sales with promises to save his employer money.
A chef cooks for lobster taste on a tuna fish budget; a woman who converted an abandoned hospital into her home for a fraction of the price.
A frugal couple saved for their wedding by dumpster diving for decorations; a NYC bartender looks for an apartment for rent and refuses to spend anywhere near the average pricey rent.
Penny-pinchers try to hit the open road without opening their wallets; making their own boots; looking for quarters at an arcade; cooking breakfast on a car engine; packing food to avoid buffets.
Sarah Gracel goes to junkyards to find Christmas gifts for her family; Shelley Watson makes a Christmas turkey mutation out of ground meat, chicken and turkey legs.
A husband and wife have been competing to be cheaper than the other since their wedding; they share everything to limit cost.
A woman who is eight months pregnant still frequents junkyards with her husband; he manages to not spend any of his full-time salary.
A mother spends only $1,000 a month on her family of four through extreme sharing; the father faces his biggest savings challenge as he organizes his daughter's sweet-sixteen.
To afford his dream of becoming a professional wrestler a man reduces his spending to $300 a month; a woman never leaves her family's catering events without leftovers.
Instead of buying things, the O'Briens fix their broken belongings; Aimee's net worth is millions of dollars but she refuses to spend more than a thousand a month.
A Utah housewife spends only $1,400 a month for her family of five by rationing and finding new uses for everything.
Stephanie's cheap behavior embarrasses her boyfriend; Larry lives and works in his Texas garage.
Extreme moments from the first two seasons; penny-pinchers avoid paying for anything.
An insider's look at the most outrageous penny-pinching people around.
Kate has a cheap lifestyle in New York.
Terence and Greg cause friction when others rebel against their budgets.
Victoria's boyfriend Steve moves in to see if he can handle her jarring and flush free lifestyle.
Jeff travels by bike to save on gas, crashes on his friends' couch and repays their kindness with a cringe-worthy meal.
Ben throws a party on a $4 budget; Roy shows how he freezes his assets.